Murdering a Bennet by Deborah Ann Kauer

Author:Deborah Ann Kauer [Kauer, Deborah Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 1567366937
Published: 2019-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

(April 23rd)

Elizabeth remembered a number of important facts as she sat in the coach. First, she knew Miss Bingley put something in her tea because when she first awoke, she felt lightheaded and groggy with her vision slightly impaired. Second, she began to remember her sister Kitty. Third, she remembered Mr. Collins in relation to her injuries and the killing of her sister Kitty. The last fact caused her fear. As soon as Miss Bingley and Mr. Collins maneuvered her into the coach, none to gently she remembered, she feigned sleep hoping her cousin would not get in with her. Unfortunately, she felt him enter the coach, but she refused to allow him to believe her awake. Even when she heard him say, “Soon enough, I will take care of you forever,” she gave no reaction. The words, however, caused a shiver to run through her, but she refused to bring forth the memory of what occurred in the woods. She felt the memory straining to break out, but she needed to focus on getting away from her cousin for she knew his intentions.

Best to ignore his mutters, she decided. His profanity about her still being alive and how he could not afford for his patroness, the great Lady Catherine de Bourgh, to ever learn about what he had done surprised her. Elizabeth wished she had recalled the events of the attack sooner, but she could not do anything about it now. Her greatest concern was finding a way to escape from the coach and her cousin. She hoped they would stop somewhere with other people around, but she lost that hope when he muttered, “ . . . cannot afford to be seen.” She judged the coach traveled for fifteen or thirty minutes when a jarring impacted the entire vehicle, and she felt the coach stop. She wondered if it would provide her an opportunity to escape. She felt the movement of the coach when her cousin left, and she peeked out the window to see if she could slip out but saw her cousin and another man standing near her side of the coach.

“Don’t know, Sir. ‘it somethin’. Too dark ta see prop’ly. Told ya I needed ‘elp driving at night, even with this ‘ere full moon.” The voice was gruff and displeased about the mishap.

She knew it had to be the driver speaking because her cousin replied. “I paid you enough. You could have shared it to hire someone to assist you. It was your choice.”

“I can’ot go on unless I ‘as another set o’ eyes.” The driver’s voice was harsh and rather loud.

“Let me make sure my fiancée is attended to, and then I will sit with you and become your second set of eyes.”

Mr. Collin’s voice did not sound pleased, but if Elizabeth read the man intentions correctly, he wanted to quickly reach his destination so he could dispose of her. She held no false hope he would let her go and no idea which direction they had gone or where he intended to take her.

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